in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood(A)
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.(B)
Her feet go down to death;
her steps head straight for Sheol.(C)
She doesn’t consider the path of life;
she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.

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But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

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Men, lè tout bagay fini, bouch li anmè kou fyèl, lang li file tankou kouto de bò.

L'ap mennen ou kote mò yo ye a. Tou sa l'ap fè se pou touye ou.

Li p'ap chache chemen lavi. L'ap pwonmennen toupatou, li pa konnen kote li prale.

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But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death,
(A)Her steps lay hold of [a]hell.
Lest you ponder her path of life—
Her ways are unstable;
You do not know them.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:5 Or Sheol